Rail King 0-4-0 Dockside Freight Set User Manual download pdf (Page 8)

CleaningtheWheels,TiresandTrack

ProtoSmokeUnitOperation

Periodicallycheckthelocomotivewheelsandpickupsfordirtandbuildup,whichcan

causepoorelectricalcontactandtractionandprematurelywearouttheneoprenetraction

tires.Wheelsandtirescanbecleanedusingdenatured(notrubbing)alcoholappliedwith

acottonswab.

Tocleanthetrack,useRailKingTrackCleaningFluidand

acleanragordenatured(notrubbing)alcohol.Unplug

thetransformerandwipetherailsofthetrack,turningthe

ragfrequentlytoensurethatyouareusingcleanclothon

therails.Becausethemanufacturingprocessleavesa

coatingonRealTraxcenterrail,youshouldcleantherails

afterthefirst30minutesofuse(youmaynoticean

electricalsmellduringinitialuseasthecoatingwearsoff;

thisisnormal).Thereafter,keepaneyeonthetrackand

cleanitwhenitgetsdirtytoensuregoodelectricalcontact

andtolengthenthelifeofthetires.

Thissteamlocomotivecontainsasmokeunitthatoutputssmokethroughthesmokestack

ontheboileroftheengine.Thesmokeunitisessentiallyasmallheatingelementand

wickthatsoaksupandthenheatsamineraloil-basedfluidthatemitsaharmlesssmoke.

Thesmokeisthenforcedoutofthestackby asmallelectricfan.

Withafeweasymaintenancesteps,youshouldenjoytrouble-freesmokeunitoperation

foryears.

Whenpreparingtorunthisengine,add15-20dropsof

smokefluidthroughthesmokestack.Werecommend

M.T.H.ProtoSmoke,Seuthe,LGB,orLVTSfluids(a

smallpipetteofProtoSmokefluidisincluded).Do

notoverfilltheunitorthefluidmayleakoutandcoat

theinteriorenginecomponents.

Ifyouchoosenottoaddthefluid(orhavealready

addedthefluidbutchooseto

dy.

Whenthesmokeoutputwhilerunningtheenginebeginstodiminish,addanother

10-15dropsofsmokefluid orturnthesmokeunitoff.

Whenstoringtheunitforlongperiodsoftime,youmaywanttoaddabout15drops

offluidtopreventthewickfromdryingout.

Failureeithertoaddfluidto

theunitortoturnitoffmaydamagethe

smokeunitheatingelementand/orwicking

material.

runsmoke-free),

turnoffthesmokeunitswitchlocatedunderthe

enginebo

Add15-20Drops

SmokeFluid

SmokeUnit

ON/OFFSwitch

Add15-20Drops

SmokeFluid

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Runningtheenginewithoutaprimed

smokeunitmaycausedamage

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